Skeleton sheds light on first Americans

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

In this June 2013 photo provided by National Geographic, divers Alberto Nava and Susan Bird transport the Hoyo Negro skull to an underwater turntable so that it can be photographed to create a 3-D model in an underwater cave in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Thousands of years ago, a teenage girl...

NEW YORK—Thousands of years ago, a teenage girl toppled into a deep hole in a Mexican cave and died. Now, her skeleton and her DNA are bolstering the long-h...